Akerman announced the appointment of tax partner Erika Labelle as Managing Partner of the Denver office. In her new role, Labelle will be responsible for Akerman’s relationships with business and civic leaders in their markets and for guiding the firm’s strategic direction locally.
“Erika is a lawyer other lawyers learn from,” Scott said. “She has co-authored the profession’s leading treatise on deal tax, and she brings extraordinary experience in transactional tax. Her practice intersects with our corporate, real estate, and restructuring teams across the firm, and she has guided clients through their most consequential deals.”
Labelle brings nearly two decades of experience representing public and private businesses in transactional tax, REIT, and controversy matters. She concentrates her practice on corporate and partnership tax planning and structuring, including taxable and tax-free mergers, stock and asset acquisitions, reorganizations, divestitures, and restructurings, and she represents business entities in federal controversy matters before the Internal Revenue Service. She is recognized by Best Lawyers in Colorado for Tax Law and has authored a chapter of Practising Law Institute’s leading treatise on corporate transaction tax strategies since 2017.
The lawyers in Akerman’s Denver office serve clients across the country as well as throughout the Colorado market. Labelle succeeds Kevin Hein, who led the office for five years and co-chairs the firm’s Franchise and Licensing Sector Team.
“Denver is one of the most dynamic business communities in the country, and our clients here are building across every sector of its economy,” Labelle said. “There’s nowhere I’d rather practice, and nowhere I’d rather live. I’m honored to lead this office and excited to keep building together to serve our clients and this community.”